We are having two young Monymusks from 2015 today. The difference? The wear different marques and aged in different climatic zones. S.B.S Monymusk “EMB” 2015 7YO (65,7%): To paraphrase a buddy of mine “you can always buy EMB” and I think I can agree. But here we do not know (yet). This almost entirely aged…
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Papa Rouyo
Established in 2021, Papa Rouyo is a very recent addition to Guadeloupe’s portfolio of Rhum distilleries. They exclusively distill fermented sugar cane juice in two pot stills, with a strong emphasis on terroir. Please refer to this (great) interview by Velier for more information on Papa Rouyo. Papa Rouyo Le Rejeton 2021 (56%): This should…
Hampden: 2016 vs 2013
There have been so many Hampden bottlings lately which makes it incredibly hard to keep track and I must say that I kinda enjoy these two by two sessions where we compare two different vintages to get an idea of the bigger picture and then two bottlings within a single vintage to get a feel…
Long Pond STC<3E
STC<3E is love, or so I thought. Not only because of the heart. Now we didn’t review the first joint Velier & NRJ STC<3E bottling on this blog (we did do that somewhere else, but these notes seem to be gone) but it was great, as was an unaged Rum with this marque. Anyway, there’s…
Takamaka
I am very sorry that we are once again busier than we’d like to be so a smaller session has to suffice for today. However, it does include all of the Takamakas we have at the moment. Admittedly, that aren’t many but as we are about to see, there’s a reason for that. Habitation Velier…
More Mhobas
We adore aliterations, and this one was too obvious. It has been a while since we’ve had our last Mhobas and it almost feels like this newcomer isn’t that new to the Rum business anymore. They have been getting a lot of praise over the last couple of years (rightly so) and seem to have…
Monymusk 2010
Two different Monymusks from the same year, yet with two different marques. Just by itself, that’s of course always interesting, but here we are also dealing with different production technologies: a pot and a column still distillate. If you know what Monymusk’s column still looks like (if not, just click the link above), you probably…
Three new Habitation Veliers
Getting your hands on a bottle of Habitation Velier has never been this difficult, has it!? Anyway, we managed to get a bundle of all three new releases -we’ve split them of course- and are keen to check them out. Habitation Velier Privateer 2017 3YO (55,6%): I’ve read that this one contains not only the…
A bag of Bajans
There’s so much debate going on about the Barbados GI and to date I didn’t really comment on it. And that won’t change today for two reasons. Firstly, the disussion is really tiring and annoying. Secondly, others have come up with way better arguments and it should be easy for the concerned reader to come…
Worthy Park once again
It feels like there are always some Worthy Parks lying around. They just keep on accumulating, no matter how quick we are to counter that affect. It’s not that I complain about it, the general level of Worthy Park is rather high, but in a sense most of them are rather similar and we seldom…
Hampden – 13, 12, 11 or 5, 6, 7
A quick and brief session today with a trio of Hampdens, spanning the vintages 2011-2013. You probably didn’t notice but the title ryhmes. Rum Exchange Hampden 2013 5YO (61,5%): The rum has spent two years in a former Oloroso cask and while Hampden and Sherry typically isn’t a good combination it comes from 1423 (S.B.S),…
Single Cask Rum 